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' THRUST BEARING Filed OCT.. 21, 1922 -r in) Patented hug. l, 19ml.

STANLEY E. ARMSTRONG AND EDWIN JOHN GOYETTE, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

THRUST BEARING.

Application led ctober 21, 1922. Serial No. 595,9?1.

To all w/wm t may concern:

13e it known that we, STANLEY E. ARM- sTnoNe and EDWIN JOHN Gornfrrn, citizens of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of Californiaf, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Thrust Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improved thrust bearing.

The object of our invention is to provide a bearing which will not wear rapidly at high angular speeds.

it high speeds the balls in the bearings will slip which greatly increases the friction and consequent wear. Standard practice in the installation of roller bearings is to cause the inner race to rotate with the shaft and the outer race is stationary. The balls will rotate at 'the saine speed as the shaft with this construction. ln our construction we cause the balls through friction to rotate the outer race of the bearing, thus mate rially decreasing the relative speed of the outer race and the halls. Y

inthe drawing in which our invention is illustrated, we have shown one forni of our invention hut it may be embodied in other forms, and in the specification and appended claims we desire to cover the invention in whatever forni it may be embodied.

lleferring to the drawing:

.Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a one-way thrust bearing embodying our invention.

`ligure 2 is a transverse sectional view of a two-way thrust bearing embodying our invention.

Figure 3 is transverse sectional view of a inodiiied forin of roller bearing.

Referring more particularly to the drawing our bearing is enclosed in a casing 1 upon which is set a cap 2. rllhe inner race 3 of a hall bearing a is held stationary against the bottom of the casing 1 by a gland 5 which is: pressed into said casing and against the top of the inner race.

The shaft. 6 has secured to its upper end a head Y which head is formed with a depending apron S. The apron 8 lits tightly into the inner race 9 of a ball bearing l0, which race rests against a shoulder 11 of the head 7. A ring 12 is secured to the outer race 13 of the bearing 10 and the outer race 11i of the bearing 4. The race 13 fits tightly into groove 15 in the top of the ring 12 and the race 14 ts into a groove 16 in the bottom of the ring 12. Oil ports 17 are provided in the ring 12 between the bearings 4 and 10.v

The inner surface. of they casing 1 is built inwardly as at 18 to forni a small annular space 19 between the ring 12 and the wall. [it high angular speeds the oil is thrown fro-In the ports 17 and enters the` space 19 very slowly. Suilicient oil enters to thoroughly lubricate the. bearings, but not enough to Cause it to splash.

ln the two-way thrust bearing shown in liigure 2, a collar 20 is screwed to the ring 12 against the race 13 and a second collar 21 is screwed to the bottom of the ring 12 against the race 111. il nut 22 is screwed to the bottoni of the apron 8 against the race 9.

The thrust of the shaft 6 is transmitted to the race 9 through the head 7. The frictional engagement of the balls in the hearings against the outer race 13 causes it to rotate at a less: speed than the inner race 9. Since the ring 12 is secured to the race 13 it also rotates and carriers with it the lower race 14. The thrust is also transmitted through the ring 12 and race 14 to the balls `of the lower bearing l and to the stationary race 3. A sleeve 23 is secured to the gland 5 and rises from the top thereof to prevent the oil froin flowing around the shaft 6 out of the casing 1.

ln Figure 3 we have sho-wn a modified forni of bearing in which there are two inner races 25 and 26 and the outer race is formed in a single sleeve 27. This construction. abolishes the ring 12.

Having described our invention, we claim:

1. A thrust bearing comprising a easing, two superimposed ball bearings in said casing9 said hearings consisting of an inner and an outer race, a. ring joining the outer races, ineans for securing the inner race of the lower bearing to said casing, and means for securing the load shaft to said inner race of the upper bearing.

2. A thrust bearing comprising a casing, a plurality of superimposed hearings in said casing, said bearing consisting of an inner and an outer race, means to secure the inner race of the lower .bearing to the casing, l means to secure the inner race of the upper lie-anfing to the shaft, and means to join the outer races of said bearings.

3. A thrust bearing Comprising a casing,

a plurality of superimposed annular ball 5 bearings in said Casing, said bea-rings Consisting of an inner and an outer race.l the Voner reces being secured ogetlier, means to secure the inner race of the lower bezirng to the casing', and means lo secure tlm inner 'ace of tlie upper bearing* to the shaft. 10

ln testimony whereof We nllix our Signa-- tures.

STANLEY E. ARMSTRONG. EDWIN JOHN GOYETTE. 

